Wi] ACCIDENTS MULTIPLY 557 
Tuesday, January 30.— R. 13. 9860. Lunch Temp. 
-25 0 , Supper Temp. -24-5°. Thank the Lord, another 
fine march — 19 miles. We have passed the last cairn 
before the depot, the track is clear ahead, the weather 
fair, the wind helpful, the gradient down — with any luck 
we should pick up our depot in the middle of the morning 
march. This is the bright side ; the reverse of the medal 
is serious. Wilson has strained a tendon in his leg ; it 
has given pain all day and is swollen to-night. Of course, 
he is full of pluck over it, but I don't like the idea of such 
an accident here. To add to the trouble Evans has dis- 
lodged two finger-nails to-night ; his hands arc really bad, 
and to my surprise he shows signs of losing heart over it. 
He hasn't been cheerful since the accident. The wind 
shifted from S.E. to S. and back again all day, but luckily 
it keeps strong. We can get along with bad fingers, but 
it [will be] a mighty serious thing if Wilson's leg doesn't 
improve. 
Wednesday, January 31. — 9800. Lunch Temp. -20 0 , 
Supper Temp. -20 0 . The day opened fine with a fair 
breeze ; we marched on the depot,* picked it up, and 
lunched an hour later. In the afternoon the surface became 
fearfully bad, the wind dropped to light southerly air. 
Ill luck that this should happen just when we have only 
four men to pull. Wilson rested his leg as much as possible 
by walking quietly beside the sledge ; the result has been 
good, and to-night there is much less inflammation. I 
hope he will be all right again soon, but it is trying to have 
an injured limb in the party. I see we had a very heavy 
* Three Degree Depdt. 
